PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lloyd Christmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Roll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christmas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mocking Bird. Rock Roll has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Christmas
vs
Roll

178 cm
22
189 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

174 cm
27
191 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lloyd Christmas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rock Roll!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roll is trying hard to land a takedown here. Christmas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Roll shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Christmas sprawls well. Christmas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Roll gets slowly back to his feet.

Roll shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Christmas is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roll cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Christmas blocking the ground and pound.
Christmas wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Christmas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Christmas tries to get out of the position.
Roll landing strikes, looking to finish!
Christmas trying desperately to get to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roll cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roll looking to finish with strikes here!
Roll has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roll lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Christmas hang on?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roll won't let Christmas get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Roll lands a big shot there that rocks Christmas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Christmas is rocked!
BOOM! Roll connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Christmas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Christmas bucks Roll off and manages to get back to his feet!
Christmas seems to have got his legs back now.
Christmas is breathing heavily.
Christmas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lloyd Christmas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Roll.
Christmas leaves Roll with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Christmas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roll backs up against the cage.
Donk. Roll catches Christmas right on the button with a cross.
Roll throws a shot from downtown. Christmas moves away and avoids it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Christmas!
Rock Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christmas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roll tries for a takedown but Christmas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Christmas lunges at Roll with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roll's hand.
Roll has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Roll there as he acknowledges the shot.
Roll misses with an uppercut. Christmas saw that one coming.
Christmas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roll loads up on a big right hand but Christmas slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christmas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A nice combination there by Christmas.

It looks like Rock Roll has been cut.
Lloyd Christmas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab by Christmas.
Christmas jabs Roll right on the nose. Roll blinks but takes it well.
Christmas lands with an overhand left.
Christmas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christmas lands a jab to the head.
Roll takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Christmas connects with a jab.
Christmas staying out of range there.
Christmas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Roll throws a shot from downtown. Christmas moves away and avoids it.
Christmas lands a jab.
A cross from Christmas lands.
Roll fails with the takedown.
Christmas throws a right hand that Roll ducks under and follows up with a left that Roll also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas scores with a jab.
Roll throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Christmas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roll has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Christmas finds it's way round the side to connect with Roll's head.
Christmas clobbers Roll with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A slow jab from Roll misses its intended target.
Roll on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Christmas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Roll takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice shot by Christmas.
Roll throws a hook to the side of Christmas's head but Christmas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roll walks into a stiff left hand from Christmas.
Roll throws an overhand right that lands on Christmas's shoulder, as Christmas tries to avoid the shot.
Christmas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roll with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Christmas to score with a decent uppercut.
Roll loads up on a big right hand but Christmas slips the punch.
Christmas connects with a single shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut there from Christmas.
Roll looks to throw the jab but Christmas is out of range.
Roll missing with a left hand there. Christmas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christmas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Christmas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Christmas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Roll has time to react.
Roll loads up on a big right hand but Christmas slips the punch.
Roll jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christmas with a hook.
Christmas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Roll in his tracks.
Christmas scores with a nice strike.
Christmas scores with the left hand. Roll knows he should have avoided that one.

Roll is rocked!
Roll takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Decent striking displayed by Christmas there.
Roll is still on wobbly legs! Can Christmas finish him?
Christmas's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Christmas duly obliges.
Christmas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice combination there by Christmas.
Roll takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Christmas lands a hook that stumbles Roll back into the cage. Christmas follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Roll to the canvas! Christmas pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Roll has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lloyd Christmas!
Lloyd Christmas is the new middleweight champion!